Audio Systems and Related Devices and Methods

An audio playback device configured to operably connect to a plurality of digital audio sources, the audio playback device comprising:

• a digital-to-analog converter configured to receive a digital representation of content from the digital audio sources and convert to analog form;
• an electro-acoustic transducer;
• a set of user-selectable preset indicators, wherein each indicator in the set of preset indicators is configured to have assigned to it an entity associated with the plurality of digital audio sources;
• a first control device wirelessly coupled to the audio playback device via a first wireless communication interface and comprising a first level of control functionality;
• a second control device wirelessly coupled to the audio playback device via a second wireless communication interface and comprising a second level of control functionality that is greater than the first level of control functionality;
• and
• a processor;
• instructions stored on a computer-readable media that, when executed, cause the processor to:
• update one or more preset assignments based on user input, each of the preset assignments representing an assignment of an entity associated with one of the digital audio sources to a corresponding one of the preset indicators;
• and to
• send information regarding the update to the one or more preset assignments to a remote server.

An audio playback device configured to operably connect to a plurality of digital audio sources, the audio playback device comprising:

• a digital-to-analog converter configured to receive a digital representation of content from the digital audio sources and convert to analog form;
• an electro-acoustic transducer;
• a set of user-selectable preset indicators, wherein each indicator in the set of preset indicators is configured to have assigned to it an entity associated with the plurality of digital audio sources;
• a processor;
• a first control device wirelessly coupled to the audio playback device via a first wireless communication interface and comprising a first level of control functionality;
• and
• a second control device wirelessly coupled to the audio playback device via a second wireless communication interface and comprising a second level of control functionality that is greater than the first level of control functionality;
• and
• instructions stored on a computer-readable media that, when executed, cause the processor to:
• receive notification from an other audio playback device within an audio system regarding changes to preset assignments on the other audio playback device;
• and, in response to receiving the notification regarding changes to the preset assignments on the other audio playback device, to contact a remote server for the audio system to request update information;
• and to
• update one or more preset assignments on the audio playback device based on the update information received from the remote server such that preset assignments on the audio playback devices correspond to respective preset assignments on the other audio playback device, each of the preset assignments representing an assignment of an entity associated with one of the digital music sources to a corresponding one of the preset indicators.